Adam Lallana's call up to the England squad has made it three players with their roots in Southampton currently enjoying success with the Three Lions. Both Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were taken from the south coast club and highly-rated full-back Luke Shaw is expected to be the next Saints youngster to make the grade at international level. Meanwhile, another former Saint Gareth Bale is currently starring for Wales, which arguably places Southampton's academy alongside the most productive in English footbal…

West Ham
The famous 'Academy of Football' has nurtured talents like current England internationals Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson, Michael Carrick, Frank Lampard and John Terry, who left East London when he was 14. In addition to these players, Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole also came through the ranks and before them, star striker Tony Cottee, midfield maestro Paul Ince and talkSPORT's Alvin Martin were junior Irons. Stretching back even further, Hammers fans have long claimed that it was their boys who won the 1966 World Cup, due to the major contributions of Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst and captain Bobby Moore, all of whom were Upton Park apprentices. In the current set up, home grown heroes Mark Noble and Great Britain's James Tomkins are two more players to have been nurtured by famous youth head honcho Tony Carr. In 2010, the West Ham academy director was rewarded for his prolific development of talent with a testimonial game, which saw Ferdinand and Lampard return to Upton Park to play in an all-star match.

Man United
“You can't win anything with kids”, said Alan Hansen after Man United's opening day defeat to Aston Villa in 1995. United had fielded several youth players after Alex Ferguson had opted to bring through youngsters Gary Neville, David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, rather than buy big following the departures of established stars Mark Hughes, Andrei Kanchelskis and Paul Ince, earning them the nickname of 'Fergie's Fledglings'. Despite defeat to Villa, there was a real buzz around United's youngsters, who would later include Phil Neville, having tasted 1992 FA Youth Cup success and reached the final in 1993. Comparisons were made with the famous 'Busby Babes', who themselves had won the first ever FA Youth Cup in 1953, featuring players like Duncan Edwards, Eddie Colman and Bobby Charlton, before going on to significant senior success. Fergie's Fledglings weren't flattered by the comparison, helping United win the double in 1995/96, leaving egg on Alan Hansen's face in the process, before going on to win the treble in 1999 and a host of titles and England caps. Lately, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck have become the latest United youngsters to make their full England debuts.

LiverpoolRaheem Sterling's England call up is a reminder that Liverpool have failed in recent years to produce the quality and quantity of talent that saw Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard earn England caps at an early age in the 1990s and turn of the millennium, with Jamie Carragher racking up under-21 caps before earning full honours. At the age of 16 Owen was on target in the 1996 FA Youth Cup final as Liverpool beat West Ham to lift the trophy – Frank Lampard scored for the Hammers – and Jamie Carragher was also in the side, in an impressive display of the Anfield acadamy's strength. Former Reds favourite Steve Heighway has been credited with bringing through this golden crop of talent, having been in charge of the youth set-up since 1989, stepping down from his role in 2007. Can the Reds go back to producing their own? Fowler has thrown his weight behind current young striker Adam Morgan. “As a goalscorer I think he’s fantastic. I was lucky enough to train with him at the Academy last year when I was doing some coaching,” he said in August.

Man City
Before the money came rolling in, City brought through players who have since gone on to win England caps, such as Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Micah Richards, who also played for the Great Britain side at the London Games. Daniel Sturridge moved to City when he was 13 after spells at the Coventry and Villa academies, while Stephen Ireland has played for Ireland. Since the academy was set up in 1998 there have been a host of youngsters successfully making the transition to senior football and now, thanks to the influx of middle-eastern cash, the club were given the go-ahead to expand their youth set-up, which involves the building of a 7,000-seat stadium and 17 pitches near the stadium. England will hope to benefit hugely.

Crewe, Villa, Spurs - there have been many clubs blessed with promising young players, but who have you enjoyed seeing come through at yours?